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I am sick of my D8. When it runs, I LOVE it. Problem is it never runs. I am looking at trading it in for a left over 09 nitro, or even an 08 if I can find one. I have never ridden one as of yet, so I'm not sure what they are all about, but I'm told they handle really nicely, kind of like the IQ's or M chassis. Any one ride both and have an opinion on this? I love how my D8 handles, carving, boon docking through the trees I love the chassis, how does the nitro compare?
How about the power? I know it's very hard to compare a four stoke power to a two stroke, as it's a totally different kind of power. My dad had an 07 attak. And I can say that when it hooks up, you can feel it pulls harder than the D8, but not by much. I know the nitro is rated at 20 HP under the apex, but am also told it pulls unreal on the bottom end, it's the top end where you feel the power loss? Can anyone compare the power of an 800 RMK to a nitro? I know it's hard to do, but seat of the pants how does it feel? I don't want to down grade to something that feels like a 600. I love my HP but can't afford a turbo. Might do an intake and exhaust. There are a few guys around here who have done those two mods, and are very impressed. I can't demo one from the local dealer, as they don't offer demos, they will rent one to me. But I don't know if I want to spend that much just to see how it feels. But we will see. Maybe a can talk them into letting me demo one of their rentals, after all they might be able to sell me sled if they let me ride one.
So basically just looking for general comparisons of the two sleds. I ride mostly at about 1000'-2000'. One or two trips to the mountains per winter, so high marking is not a big concern to me. I mostly ride the flats, boon docking in the trees when we can find a nice hill that is open enough to ride on. Some ditch banging, drifts and what ever we can find to ride.
Sell me on a nitro! Thanks.
How about the power? I know it's very hard to compare a four stoke power to a two stroke, as it's a totally different kind of power. My dad had an 07 attak. And I can say that when it hooks up, you can feel it pulls harder than the D8, but not by much. I know the nitro is rated at 20 HP under the apex, but am also told it pulls unreal on the bottom end, it's the top end where you feel the power loss? Can anyone compare the power of an 800 RMK to a nitro? I know it's hard to do, but seat of the pants how does it feel? I don't want to down grade to something that feels like a 600. I love my HP but can't afford a turbo. Might do an intake and exhaust. There are a few guys around here who have done those two mods, and are very impressed. I can't demo one from the local dealer, as they don't offer demos, they will rent one to me. But I don't know if I want to spend that much just to see how it feels. But we will see. Maybe a can talk them into letting me demo one of their rentals, after all they might be able to sell me sled if they let me ride one.
So basically just looking for general comparisons of the two sleds. I ride mostly at about 1000'-2000'. One or two trips to the mountains per winter, so high marking is not a big concern to me. I mostly ride the flats, boon docking in the trees when we can find a nice hill that is open enough to ride on. Some ditch banging, drifts and what ever we can find to ride.
Sell me on a nitro! Thanks.
How stable is it? I tend to like my sleds tippy, like my dragon, some times even more so would be nice. I am expecting to do the track in time, along with maybe the 2010 tunnel extension, wild child steering post set up, and maybe a two inch or so riser. As far as an XP, you couldn't give me one for free. I just can't get used to them, way to stable for my liking, even with the sway bar disconnected. There's a guy around who my dads knows pretty well, he would probably let me take his for a ride. Granted it's not stock. Has some thing done to his intake, exhaust I think as well. But I'll see, maybe I can still get an idea as to what it's about.
